Bryan Rumsey
Narcissu’s 10th Anniversary Anthology Is Almost Complete
Narcissu’s 10th Anniversary Anthology Project’s new DLC sidestory, Narcissu: Zero, is almost out! It is finally in QA testing and Randy, the Project Lead,...
Video Games Cannot Be Divorced from Politics
Could a game about the seemingly limitless power of law enforcement be apolitical? I don’t believe anything can be apolitical but most definitely something...
Transparency is the Most Powerful Tool a Game Dev Can Use
I've been advocating for developer transparency for quite some time. I'm a firm believer that most companies would benefit from transparency but there is...
Buzzwords Are Slowly Infecting Crowdfunding Campaigns
I'm not sure how other people feel about buzzwords, but I find them to be vapid, usually with the intent of distraction. This is...
Can Evolvation Bring Space Shooters to the Masses?
The space shooter genre has always intrigued me for its resilience to shift with the general games market. When every other shooter was shoving...
The Tale of the Ice Staff Requires Focus if it’s Going...
Variety and player experience customization are becoming very important in video games recently. The costs to make a video game are gradually increasing so...
Wandersong Reminds Us That Developers Are Human
Something I always find endearing is when developers give nods to each other. Usually we see this via homages inside of a game but...
Friday the 13th’s Teaser Release Leads to Backer Horror
Here's a quick tip for developers looking to receive crowd sourced funding: don't make exclusive rewards for different funding campaigns. Unfortunately this is exactly...
Acro Storm Tries Something New, And Looks Great Doing It
I previously wrote about Acro Storm's Kickstarter campaign and its heavy reliance on text. Blue Comet Games has since updated their trailer to be...
Ardent Seas is the Naval RTS I Didn’t Know I Wanted
I have never seen a crowdfunding campaign subvert my expectations as often as Ardent Seas. Like most people, I began making assumptions of the...
Futuristic Racer Acro Storm Looks Good but Has One Major Flaw
Acro Storm is a master class in how not to create a crowdfunding campaign. The game reminds me of Jet Moto meets Wipeout or...
Miyazaki Meets Conker’s Bad Fur Day in Mongrel
If the trailer for Mongrel’s upcoming Kickstarter campaign is anything to go on then this will be the first metroidvania style game I have...
Harry Potter Meets Paper Mario in New Lighthearted RPG Ikenfell
There aren’t enough words that could describe how stoked I am for Ikenfell. It has everything going for it and I honestly can’t find...
Some Great Kickstarter Funded Games to Grab on the Steam Summer...
Kickstarter funding has led to some really great titles over the years so why not buy a couple while they are cheap. Steam is doing one...
Can Greedy Guns Live Up to its Predecessors?
Tio Atum’s Greedy Guns is a 2D shooter that wears its influences on its sleeve. It combines elements from popular metroidvanias as well as...
Wake the Dragon Disappoints Due to Stereotyping
I really want to like Wake the Dragon. It ticks all of the right boxes for a power fantasy: emergent gameplay, destructible environments, and...